CO129-089 - Public Offices - 1862 — Page 272

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Masters and their Consues in British ports Such

regulations seem to My Lords

more properly to concern the Foreign

Governments and their respective Consulates For these reasons My Lords are

of

opinion that in the absence of special reasons for retaining the latter part of this Clause it should not be allowed

to become Law..__.

Clause 8. Imposes a

penalty

Seamen

on

wilfully or

negligently staying

behind without a Certificate

of Dascharge from the Havebor: Master or other persons appointed to grant suchs Certificate..

It seems to elly Lords that this provision

is of unnecessary rigour. It might be so enforced as to cause great injustice

and

it is difficult to understand how thes

offence is to be proved.-

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